Thank you for your excellent reply. I am all for working together to identify a way to get 1.2.3.0/24 into the hands of a network operator who can do good things with it. The prefix is trapped
in APNIC right now with nowhere to go, and it’s time to set it free. More ideas everyone! We can have a great discussion about it, here and in Jakarta. /david From: sig-policy-bounces at lists dot apnic dot net [mailto:sig-policy-bounces at lists dot apnic dot net]
On Behalf Of Dean Pemberton Oops wrong button :) If APNIC were to just sell this off then there is no saying that it won't just appear in some large providers NAT pool. I've just visited some providers who wanted address space so much they would probably bid for this just to have 1.2.3.4 as a flag to wave and the rest of the /24 just sits in their CGN. That would be terrible for anyone whose sessions were
associated with these addresses. I won't elaborate here but there are even potential security issues related with a malicious actor being able to redirect this about of traffic. Any of these would be a net loss to the Internet community. So how can we turn this into a net win? I'm not that concerned about the money. Good things can be done with auction proceeds, but good ideas can come from people without money too. For example what if an individual has a great idea to use 1.2.3.4 for the common good but would never have an ability to win an auction? They might also have no ability to purchase infrastructure to make the idea happen. Nat Morris for eg runs a great any cast DNS service helping lots of people but I'm pretty sure his wife and dog would notice him going up against large corps in an auction. What about this. We take suggestions for the best 'public good' use of 1.2.3.4. For each of the ideas, let the community show support "a thumbs up/down" if you will. Also for each of them allow organisations to pitch to deliver it. Market it as recycling trash even :) This way the good idea can come from anyone in any part of the world as long as it benefits all internet users. And large corporations can still get some exposure by offering to make it happen. Imagine the photoshoot. Smart up-and-coming engineer from an LDC alongside a large multinational helping APNIC to make a difference to us all. Thoughts?
|